• DrCrustacean [any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Her job imo is to get people to take their eyes off the atrocities being committed by the IDF to gawk at a dumbass Scottish woman

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          This is a common thing throughout the Anglosphere (and presumably elsewhere)

          For whatever reason, our far-right CHUD types will invariably act as American as possible, even when they are talking about “defending” Scottish/British/Canadian/Australian etc “culture” from (insert enemy here).

          I have no idea why this is so prevalent though, I’m sure someone else has a good explanation for why this keeps happening.

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            It’s true in Central America too but I think a lot of that is due to the US right-wing funding them and the presence of US Evangelicals. Right-wing nationalists that want a more independent foreign policy exist but they’re outnumbered by the heavily pro-US bloc.

            Do you think the Anglosphere does it because of the heavy presence of US soft power, particularly social media? Even the far-left in the Anglosphere seems to follow whatever the American left is doing.

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              It is most likely due to that soft power. We used to have our own book, film and tv industries, making our own media, but these days I don’t think there’s much of that at all, it’s all netflix. Even speaking with people 5-6 years younger than me, they’ll use American-centric terms like “candy” and won’t understand Australian slang. American pop-culture has consumed our country.

              I’ve heard it has happened in a lot of places, like the Philippines as well.